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Mary Wiggins, 895 11th Street SW, addressed the Board regarding a Code Enforcement matter that involved a trailer in the back of her home. She believed Code Enforcement punished her family by asking them to move the trailer in which her sick mother resided, because they had complained about certain conditions in the neighborhood. She also believed that because they had to find alternative accommodations for her mother, it lessened the time they spent with her, and also resulted in her subsequent death because of lack of attention. Mrs. Wiggins felt Code Enforcement did not treat them fairly because of similar violations with neighbors who were not cited or asked to move their trailer. (Clerk's Note: Commissioner O'Bryan rejoined the meeting at 10:51 a.m.) Community Development Director Bob Keating refuted accusations of punishment, stating that the Code Enforcement Department gets complaints and investigates them. He said if a mobile home was put in place before 1970 it was in compliance with County Code, but anything after that was not. He described the properties with code violations, noting when the mobile homes were put in place, and steps taken by Code Enforcement to address the problems. He explained that because the mobile home was being used as accommodations for the Wiggins' mother, Code Enforcement gave numerous extensions, and finally asked for the trailer to be moved. Mary Wiggins contradicted comments about a trailer that was thought to be there in the 1970s, but actually came in the 1990s. She questioned why certain trailers with no inhabitants were grandfathered -in, and the one occupied by her mother had to be removed. Commissioner Davis thought the Code should be enforced equally. Director Keating said staff was exercising the same enforcement with the Jackson's trailer, and the Brown's trailer was determined to be there in 1970s. Joe Wiggins said the trailer was not there in the 1970s. July 10, 2007 24